Although Li Chengqian knew that during this period, the use of pigeons in the Western Regions for communication had a history of hundreds of thousands of years, but this did not mean that every person who raised pigeons would train pigeons, just as not everyone born in a coastal city could swim.

"Have these pigeons been trained?" Thinking of the white dove yesterday, Li Chengqian turned around and asked.

"Only a few have been trained." Hu Shang replied honestly: "Most of the others can't. ”

"Does anyone in Chang'an still raise pigeons?" Li Chengqian asked another question that he was more concerned about.

Hu Shang's eyes flickered, he thought for a while and said: "Chang'an is gone, but the villain has a fellow villager in Luoyang, and he raises more than the villain, more than a hundred." ”

Li Chengqian pursed his lips, and secretly laughed in his heart that this Hu businessman is also a cheat, and the one who thinks that the one who came to Luoyang should be his opponent or something, otherwise a normal friend will never confess his friend without knowing the situation.

But these have nothing to do with Li Chengqian, he just needs to know whether there is any more, and it doesn't matter what grievances there are between the two Hu businessmen.

All the questions that need to be asked have been asked, and some other private secrets can't ask any questions here, so Li Chengqian directly instructed Wang Chenghu: "Call a few people and move all these pigeons." Also, take him with you. ”

"Gong, son, the villain is wronged, the villain is really not a spy." As soon as Hu Shang heard that he was going to arrest people for a long time, he exploded at that time, and he cried and grabbed the ground with a wail.

"Too, His Royal Highness the Prince, what are you doing here?" The official of the East City Bureau had seen Li Chengqian last time when he was buying coal, so he naturally knew his identity, so he found an opportunity to lean over and ask in a low voice.

"It's a matter of state secrets, it's better that you don't want to know, if you have any dissatisfaction, you can report it truthfully, so be it." Li Chengqian, a small official of the East City Bureau, did not think that he had the need to explain the carrier pigeon to him.

Hu Shang, who was crying and grabbing the ground, was taken away with his pigeons, and a farce in Dongshi came to an end.

After eating and drinking in the Welcome Building, the gentlemen who participated in the action also dispersed as birds and beasts, those who should visit the Qinglou continued to visit the Qinglou, those who should Wen Shu continued to go home to Wen Shu, and those who should be beaten up...... Of course, hiding outside did not dare to go home.

Li Chengqian didn't continue to mix with those gentlemen, and after paying the bill in the Yingbin Building, he chose to leave. There is no way, there are too many things, and the matter of the pigeon still has to be arranged and verified in advance, otherwise the old man will not be able to explain it when he asks.

However, Li Chengqian still misestimated the old man's reaction time.

Just when he had just returned to the prince's right guard and planned to continue tossing the unlucky Hu Shang, the old eunuch Fang arrived: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty is urgently summoned." ”

"Father? So fast? "What did you do just now, Li Chengqian understood very well in his heart.

There were thousands of soldiers in the two prefectures, how could such a movement of men and horses not alarm the old man.

"Your Highness, you did something wrong, and now that Your Majesty is angry, you should go back quickly." Old Eunuch Fang saw that Li Chengqian was still hesitating, so he urged.

"Wait a minute, just a minute." After appeasing the old eunuch a little, he found the white pigeon he saw in Dongshi yesterday from the pigeon cage, and stuffed it into the old eunuch's hand: "Old Fang, don't catch it, don't let it run away, whether it will be beaten when you return to the palace this time depends on it." ”

"What kind of bird is this, the minister has never seen it." The old eunuch squeezed the pigeon in his hand, looked at it seriously and said.

"From the Western Regions, this is a good thing, if you run away, a hundred heads will not be enough to cut off." Li Chengqian, who was very confident in his heart, teased the old eunuch and said.

"So important?" The old eunuch looked at the pigeon in his hand again, and his hand couldn't help but be a little heavier.

"Hey, hey, I said Lao Fang, don't pinch it to death." Seeing that the pigeon's eyes were pinched by the old eunuch Fang and almost didn't fall out, Li Chengqian dared to rush out to remind him.

Chatting all the way, Li Chengqian followed the old eunuch Fang back to the East Palace, of course, before leaving, he didn't forget to remind Wang Chenghu to go to the shop of the Hu merchant in the Western Regions and wait.

The pigeon recognizes the family and the cage, so Li Chengqian can only arrange people to wait in both places, otherwise he will test it in front of the old man, and the result will go wrong, and the face will be lost.

"Prince, Prince, can you stop a little, can you let me live a few days of peace?" When he arrived at the Lizheng Palace, Li Chengqian was beaten by the old man before he could see the ceremony.

"Father, what the son is doing this time is a serious matter, and he didn't make a fuss." Li Chengqian tried to argue.

"Didn't make a fuss? Thousands of people were transferred to surround Dongshi, is this called no trouble? Do you have to surround the palace to make a fuss? "Li Er is really angry.

Li Chengqian has transferred troops this time, and he has also transferred thousands of people, and if he continues to toss like this, he is afraid that he will not be far from rebellion.

For more than two years, Li Chengqian had already become accustomed to the old man's anger, and when the old man was almost scolding and was about to beat people, he said: "Father, you must always listen to the son's explanation." This time it was indeed for a reason, and it was not necessary to do so. ”

"Explain? Okay, let you speak. Li Er also said that he was speechless, so he just took the opportunity to take a break.

Li Chengqian waved his hand to the old eunuch Fang, pointed to the white dove in the old eunuch's hand and said, "Father, please look at this thing." ”

"A bird, don't tell me that it's related to the country." Li Er took a sip of tea and said with a sneer.

"Its function is to deliver letters, even if they are hundreds of miles away, they can be delivered on the same day." Li Chengqian said confidently: "If your father is in doubt, you can give it a try." ”

"Hundreds of miles? Messenger? Li Er didn't need to be reminded, the first thing that came to mind was military use.

At the moment, he stopped talking nonsense with Li Chengqian, and wrote a note, the content of which probably said that he asked the eldest grandson Wuji to enter the palace immediately, and then handed it to Li Chengqian.

Then things were much simpler, Comrade Xiao Li tied the note to the foot of the white pigeon that was almost pinched to death by the old eunuch Fang, walked to the door, raised his hand and let it out.

"Prince, I hope you don't have rhetoric." The pigeon flew, Li Er sat behind the table and looked at the bored Li Chengqian, there was no lack of threats between the words, and at the same time, he was also reminding this bastard that if he lied, he should admit it quickly.

"Father, this bird's name is Pigeon, and it is born in the Far West. Great Qin in the Western Regions has been using it to transmit information for a long time...... "Li Chengqian decided to use the time before the arrival of the eldest grandson Wuji to popularize science to the old man, save a while, and then let the old man lose face."

Recommend a book to your friends: Jun Guda's "I Only Kill Insects on the Front Line", and those who are interested in military can take a look

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